Ten days after emerging from the second intermission at Barclays Center against the New York Islanders with a one-goal lead and then surrendering two quick goals to lose, the Blue Jackets scored a pair 43 seconds apart Tuesday night to put away the Islanders in a 4-1 win.

“It’s nice to get two points tonight and not allow them to get one,” said defenseman Zach Werenski, who notched three assists for the first time and recorded his second career three-point performance.

“Huge points,” center Brandon Dubinsky noted. “Obviously, we’re right there in the thick of things with these guys.”

The Jackets and Islanders started the night with 60 points apiece, one fewer than the Hurricanes for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference.

After losing five consecutive games and averaging 1.87 goals over a span of 15 games, the Blue Jackets have won back-to-back games against two fellow Metropolitan Division opponents — the Devils on Saturday and Islanders — by a combined score of 10-2.

“Hopefully, that’s what we needed to break things open,” Dubinsky said of the 10 goals. “(Have) guys start feeling good about themselves and putting some more chances in the back of the net.”

The Jackets attempted a season-high 51 shots on goal, their most ever in regulation, and established a franchise record for combined shots in back-to-back games (101).

They ended the first period with 26 shots, matching their franchise-record-setting first-period total against the Islanders on Feb. 3, but trailed 1-0 on John Tavares’ power-play goal at 17:51.

“You’ve got to stick with it and not panic, and we didn’t panic,” Oliver Bjorkstrand said. “We just stuck to our game plan and kept playing hockey the right way.”

Bjorkstrand tied the score on a power-play goal 6:02 into the second period. Pierre-Luc Dubois scored for the third consecutive game, like Bjorkstrand on a power play, to give the Jackets a 2-1 lead with 57 seconds left in the period.

It was just the third game this season the Jackets have scored two power-play goals. The other two times came against the Panthers.

“Our power play helped us tonight,” Werenski said.

Said Bjorkstrand: “Hopefully we can keep building on that and make that a good part of our game.

The Jackets led 3-2 going into the third period of the teams’ previous matchup, and then gave up two goals in the first five-plus minutes and lost 4-3.

“We certainly talked about that,” Dubinsky said. We knew they were going to come back and make a push there in the third, especially early, and they did. They strung some good shifts together the first five minutes. The message on the bench was just settle down.”

Sergei Bobrovsky, who finished with 29 saves, made several stellar stops. Then Dubinsky repeatedly jabbed at a loose puck after goalie Jaroslav Halak initially stopped Dubinsky’s wrap-around attempt and finally jammed it past Halak for a 3-1 lead at 6:01. Cam Atkinson quickly made it a three-goal lead.

“You look at the Metro and everyone is within a few points of that last playoff spot,” Werenski said. “So to come out here and get 2 points from a Metro team is really big.”

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